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SUMMARY
The tally of casualties on the world's roads continues to be alarming, despite
considerable and continuing advances made in areas such as 'active safety'
(prevention) and 'passive safety' (cure).
A joint report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank on
road traffic injury prevention suggests that, of all the systems with which
people have to deal every day, road traffic systems are the most complex and
the most dangerous. It estimates that, every year, 1.2m people are killed in
road accidents worldwide and as many as 50m are injured.
It also predicts that without new commitment to prevention, these numbers will
increase by 65% over two decades. Of course, only a proportion are directly
preventable or may be mitigated by occupant safety measures in cars, buses and
trucks since overall road injury and fatalities also include pedestrians,
cyclists and motor cyclists, but the report is symptomatic of the gathering
momentum to push the topic to the top of the world agenda. This is bound to
have implications for the regulatory environment and those involved in the
development and production of occupant safety measures.
At 198 pages, our own extensive just-auto report explores the various vehicle
safety systems on the market, particularly occupant restraints, such as
seatbelts, as well as side impact sensors, air bags, pedestrian protection,
driver assistance and telematics. The report also looks at technological
developments, profiles the major companies in the sector and provides
comprehensive market data tables and figures.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Where we are
Chapter 2 Where we started from
Chapter 3 Continued technological developments
- Blurring the boundaries
- Intelligent networks
- Fine-tuning deployment
- The future is now
Chapter 4 Electronic stability control
- Prevention is better than cure
Chapter 5 Company profiles
- Autoliv
- TRW Automotive
- Takata
- Delphi Corporation
- Key Safety Systems Inc
Chapter 6 On the horizon
- A wealth of opportunities
- On the right side of history
- India
- China
- Russia
- Consumer power
- Integration
- Reducing weight and size
- Merging electronics
- More active safety
- Zero accidents goal
- Magnetic side impact sensors
- Active structures
- Telematics
- Smarter seat belts
- Easier to use seat belts
- Air bag arms race
- Asymmetric air bag
- Pedestrian protection
- Child restraint systems
- Driver assistance
- Adaptive cruise control
- Drowsiness
- Alcohol
- Getting to market
- Regulators
- Top Safety Pick award
- EuroNCAP
List of figures
- Figure 1.1: Impact: Land Rover Freelander undergoes side crash test
- Figure 1.2: Price of failure: JiangLing Motors Landwind after 64km/h
frontal crash test, 2005
- Figure 2.1: Early crash tests: This Mercedes-Benz 170S exhibited
commendable structural characteristics during a 50km/h frontal rigid barrier
impact test, but only provided occupants with relatively little protection
(1951)
- Figure 2.2: A world first: A W111 ‘tailfin' with integral front and
rear crumple zones (1959)
- Figure 2.3: Export model: Credited with being the first to feature seat
belts as standard, the GT 750 variant of the Saab 93 (1958)
- Figure 3.1: Pre-safe: The sequence of events
- Figure 3.2: Side alert: A simulation of a blind spot detection system
- Figure 3.3: Earlier deployment: Crash impact sound sensing
- Figure 3.4: Omni support: A dual-chamber air bag
- Figure 3.5: Sophisticated: Radar sensing
- Figure 3.6: Logical sequence: Pre-crash safety measures
- Figure 3.7: Comprehensive cover: Air bag deployment
- Figure 3.8: On alert: Driver monitoring system
- Figure 3.9: Anti whiplash: Pre-crash head restraint
- Figure 3.10: Pre-safe: Protective measures
- Figure 3.11: Pre-safe: Evasive measures
- Figure 3.12: Pre-safe: Softening the impact
- Figure 3:13: Five stars: the 500 proves its crash-worthiness
- Figure 4.1: Basic functions: All about working with grip
- Figure 4.2: Components: Stabilising influence
- Figure 4.3: Critical manoeuvre: With and without ESP
- Figure 4.4: Dynamic management: How brake pulses do the job
- Figure 4.5: Inputs: Key to control
- Figure 4.6: Next-generation: Functions and components of ESC II, showing
the potential of networked chassis management for optimised handling with
four-wheel steering
- Figure 5.1: Autoliv's most important individual markets, 2007 (%)
- Figure 5.2: Sled test for side impact protection
- Figure 5.3: Dual depth: How this air bag deploys fully for large occupants
or with less force for smaller adults
- Figure 6.1: Converging paths to integrated safety, 2006-2016
- Figure 6.2: Expected in 2010: Ford's four-point seat belt reduces forces
on the chest by half
- Figure 6.3: Softening the blow: Sharper focus on pedestrian protection
- Figure 6.4: Further protection: Windscreen pillar air bag
- Figure 6.5: Potentially significant: Front-edge and bumper air bags can
help pedestrians and in T-bone crashes
- Figure 6.6: Driver monitoring helps combat fatigue
List of tables
- Table 1.1: Global distribution of road traffic deaths (%)
- Table 1.2: World road traffic fatality trends, 1990-2020 (‘000s)
- Table 1.3: Seat belt wearing rates in Europe, 2004 (% of front- and
rear-belt usage by country)
- Table 1.4: Vehicle and accident figures, UK, 1950-2004
- Table 1.5: Global road deaths by country or area
- Table 1.6: Road accident death and injury estimates in India, 2005 and
2015 (no of casualties)
- Table 3.1: Safety patents held by occupant safety suppliers to mid-2007 (%
share)
- Table 4.1: Electronic stability program installation rates in Europe,
2005-2006 (% of new car registrations)
- Table 4.2: Electronic stability control fitment by marque, Europe,
2006-2007 (%)
- Table 4.3: Electronic stability control fitment by country, Europe,
2006-2007 (%)
- Table 4.4: Electronic stability control fitment on superminis by country,
Europe, 2006-2007 (%)
- Table 4.5: Electronic stability program new car installation rates by
segments, Europe, 2005-2006 (%)
- Table 4.6: Vehicles equipped with ESC as standard or option, US, 2007
- Table 4.7: Electronic stability control comes with a variety of names
- Table 5.1: Vehicle occupant restraint system suppliers' production
presences by region, 2007
- Table 5.2: Autoliv's net sales 2002-2007 (US$m)
- Table 5.3: Autoliv's sales by market region, 2007 (%)
- Table 5.4: Autoliv's sales by customer, 2007 (% of net sales)
- Table 5.5: Autoliv's shares of seat belt and air bag markets by region,
2007 (%)
- Table 5.6: Autoliv's market shares by region, 2006 (%)
- Table 5.7: Autoliv's sales mix by product, 2006 (%)
- Table 5 8: TRW sales, 2003-2007 (US$bn)
- Table 5.9: TRW sales by main segment, 2006-2007 (US$m)
- Table 5.10: TRW sales by region, 2003 and 2006 (% and US$bn)
- Table 5.11: TRW's sales by customer, 2006 (US$bn and % of net sales)
- Table 5.12: TRW's sales by product mix, 2006 (US$bn and % of net sales)
- Table 5.13: TRW Automotive's product categories by main customer, 2007
- Table 5.14: Takata's consolidated sales, 2005-2007 (JPYm)
- Table 5.15: Takata's sales in Japan and overseas, 2007 (JPYm and %)
- Table 5.16: Takata's sales by region, 2006-2007 (JPYm)
- Table 5.17: Takata's sales by product, 2006-2007 (JPYbn and% share)
- Table 5.18: Takata's sales by customer), 2006-2007 (%)
- Table 5.19: Delphi financial summary, 2005-2007 (US$m and % share)
- Table 5.20: Delphi's total net sales by customer - all operations,
2005-2007 (US$m and % share)
- Table 5.21: Delphi's net sales by region, 2005-2007 (US$m and % share)
- Table 5.22: 2008 models featuring Delphi technology
- Table 6.1: Autoliv switches purchasing from high-cost to low-cost
countries, 2006-2009 (% of purchasing)
- Table 6.2: Light vehicle production, India, 2006 and 2010 (m units and %)
- Table 6.3: Passenger vehicle production, China, 2008-2012 (m units)
- Table 6.4: Low-priced vehicles' market by region, 2006 and 2010 (m units
and % share)
- Table 6.5: Low-priced vehicles' global market share, 2006, 2010, 2014 (m
units and % share)
- Table 6.6: World vehicle production by region, 2004-2008 (m units)
- Table 6.7: World car and LCV production forecast, 2007-2012 (m units and %)
- Table 6.8: Automotive emerging technologies survey, US, 2007
- Table 6.9: Automotive emerging technologies survey, Japan, 2007
- Table 6.10: Safety features installed in passenger cars, Japan, 2005
- Table 6.11: Integrated safety - how it links up
- Table 6.12: Autoliv's global active seat belt sales, 2007-2010 (unit sales
‘000s)
- Table 6.13: Death rates with and without seat belts when air bags
inflated, Japan, 2006 (%)
- Table 6.14: Side curtain air bag market potential, 2010 (US$m)
- Table 6.15: Global vehicle occupant restraint systems forecasts by market
segment (seat belts, frontal air bags, side air bags, electronics), 2008-2016
(US$bn market value)
- Table 6.16: Global occupant restraint systems market value, 2007 and 2010
(US$bn)
- Table 6.17: Occupant restraint equipment global market shares, 2006 (%)
- Table 6.18: Global occupant restraint equipment market by share of
equipment sector (%)
- Table 6.19: Driver breath testing campaign, Europe, December 2007
- Table 6.20: Alcohol related road deaths
- Table 6.21: The regulatory climate and its likely implications for
occupant safety products
- Table 6.22: Models achieving the US Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety's Top Safety Pick criteria, 2006, 2007 and early 2008
- Table 6.23: 2008 Top Safety Pick also-rans
- Table 6.24: Cars attaining EuroNCAP five-star ratings for adult occupant
protection, 2002-2008
- Table 6.25: Vehicles offered with side air bags in the US, 2008
- Table 6.26: Three decades of new product evolution
- Table 6.27: World vehicle production by country, 2007 (no. of vehicles and
%)
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